NameThatPlant.net: Gentiana austromontana

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gentiana austromontana FAMILY Gentianaceae

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Blue Ridge Gentian at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Read more about the southeastern Gentians in Jim Fowler's blog.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana austromontana FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-007?:
Gentiana clausa FAMILY Gentianaceae

COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Gentian, Appalachian Gentian, Pine Barren Gentian

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image of Gentiana austromontana, Blue Ridge Gentian, Appalachian Gentian, Pine Barren Gentian

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September Mitchell County NC

The Roan Highlands

Usually deeper more intense blue-violet than the similar G. clausa & G. decora, per Weakley's Flora.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gentiana austromontana FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana austromontana FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-007?:
Gentiana clausa FAMILY Gentianaceae

3484

Forb
Perennial

Native to North Carolina

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Uncommon

Look for it mountain forests and grassy balds, especially at medium to high elevations, but descending to ca. 600 m (2200 feet), per Weakley's Flora

map
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,

or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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